china. erin? will ripley thank you very much for that amazing report. thank you for joining us. anderson is now. one for the history books tonight. former vice president mike pence testified today before the federal grand jury investigating the former president s actions surrounding the january 6th riot and attempts to overturn the 2020 election. i m john berman in for anderson. just pause and listen to that again. a former vice president just testified in an investigation about whether a president, his running mate illegally tried to overturn an election. so much has happened the last few years, it s easy to get numb to the mind-bending historical explosions taking place. it s the first time in modern history a vice president has been compelled to testify about the president he served beside. to add to that, he might run against trump in 2024. it s also the first time that this vice president has testified under oath about the day where rioters were seen yelling hang mi
you watching us in the u.s., canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, a judge considers bail on the pentagon leaked case. why prosecutors say he is a flight risk. a first in modern history. former vice president mike pence testifies about his former boss, donald trump. and reports of fighting in khartoum, despite a new cease-fire, as citizens rush to evacuate. we re learning startling details about the young man accused of leaking documents online. jack teixeira had an arsenal in weapons in his massachusetts home and a history of making violent threats. it came to light in a bail hearing on thursday. jason carol has details. reporter: the detention hearing got under way, with jack tei teixeira s father taking the stand. he said he would not hesitate to report his son if he was released on bail and broke any rules. the air national guardsman is not a flight risk or a security risk and that teixeira did not intend for the classified i
powerful. at the same time, the layers who have been trying to silence them shrink and they become weaker. that s the iron law of the universe. true things prevail. the new york times reports the redacted text messages were even worse than ones revealed in the court filings and there was one message that was particularly offensive which added to the concern at the top of the company. that s from the times reporting this morning. we don t know what the message was. but just yesterday the wall street journal reported carlson called a senior fox news executive the c word, the same word he used to describe sidney powell who was a regular guest on fox news. here is how one of carlson s former producers who is now suing fox news described the culture of that show behind the scenes. woman were objectified. it was a game. it was a sport. female politicians who came on the show were mocked. there were debates about who they d rather sleep with. c word all the time. joini
exaggerating the client s threat. the court documents argued that teixeira nould shot be released on bail. he could take refuge with a foreign adversary to avoid the reach of u.s. law. prosecutors claim that the information exceeds what was disclosed on the internet. and there s pictures of the search warrant on teixeira s bedroom. there s a gun locker containing multiple weapons, an ak-style weapon, handguns and a gas mass. law enforcement also found a smashed tablet and a gaming console. he was telling those he was communicating with online to delete all messages. and if someone comes looking, don t tell them expletive.
online to delete all messages. and if anyone comes looking, don t tell them expletive. prosecutors also question why teixeira was a candidate for the air national guard, given his history surrounding guns. tonight, the pentagon is defending its procedures. i think it s important not necessarily to take the actions of one individual and somehow paint a picture that that indicates a systemic breakdown. again, this is under investigation, and the investigation will tells us a lot more about this particular individual and what he did and did not do. reporter: the court document states in 2018, he was suspended while in high school after a classmate allegedly overheard him making remarks about guns and racial threats. that same year, prosecutors say he applied for a firearms id card, but was denied due to the concerns of the local police department over the defendant s remarks at his high school. court documents mention his social media posts reviewed by the fbi. one post from last nove